Neuromesodermal progenitors and the making of the spinal cord

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2864-2875

  Henrique, Domingos ^a   Abranches, Elsa ^a   Verrier, Laure ^b   Storey, Kate G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; ECTODERM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MESODERMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HUMANS; MESODERM; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84940774043     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.119768     Document Type: Article

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